Watch as Sir Keir Starmer unveiled Labour’s plan to cut NHS waiting times in a major speech on Monday (6 January). The prime minister promised millions of extra NHS appointments in a bid to slash waiting times for treatment to 18 weeks by the next general election.

Tackling the NHS backlog is one of the government's key six missions - and now Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he has the plan to end it. But what's remarkable from this new year waiting list announcement is just how few levers ministers seem to have to pull.

The government pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.